1Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, 7720 Medical Science II, 1301 E. Catherine St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5622, USA.
FASEB J. 2013 Oct;27(10):3902-4. doi: 10.1096/fj.13-235630. Epub 2013 Jul 9.
There has been a dramatic increase in the number and percentage of publications in biomedical and clinical journals in which two or more coauthors claim first authorship, with a change in some journals from no joint first authorship in 1990 to co-first authorship of >30% of all research publications in 2012. As biomedical and clinical research become increasingly complex and team-driven, and given the importance attributed to first authorship by grant reviewers and promotion and tenure committees, the time is ripe for journals, bibliographic databases, and authors to highlight equal first author contributions of published original research.
生物医学和临床期刊中，有两位或以上共同作者声称第一作者身份的文章数量和比例都显著增加，一些期刊也发生了变化，从 1990 年没有共同第一作者，到 2012 年所有研究出版物中有超过 30%是共同第一作者。随着生物医学和临床研究变得越来越复杂，越来越依赖团队，并且考虑到资助评审人和晋升与终身教职委员会对第一作者身份的重视，现在正是期刊、书目数据库和作者强调已发表原始研究中同等第一作者贡献的时候了。
